Reason For Malcolm X's Assassination

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Malcolm X was born with the name Malcolm Little but changed his name to Malcolm X. Malcolm X was an African American leader. He was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mom stayed at home and watched Malcolm and his seven other siblings. His father was a Baptist minister. Malcolm had to relocate twice before his fourth birthday due to the death threats him and his family received. Their Michigan home was burned to the ground then two years later, Malcolm’s dad was found dead with half of his head crushed and his head almost off of his body. Several years later his mother was committed to a mental institution and Malcolm and his siblings were split up in different foster homes. In 1946 Malcolm was sentenced to prison for 10 years for attempting a burglary. While in prison, he began communicating through letters with the Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. …show more content…
Malcolm X believed in protesting “I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man’s problem just to avoid violence.”(malcolmx.com) Malcolm X wanted African Americans to act back in violence against whites in defense. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted peaceful protesting in order to reach equality and to never use violence to fight back; however, Malcolm X wanted the exact opposite and he preached violence. “Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.” Malcolm once said “If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad.” If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in the country” (Speech by Malcolm X in New York City, November,

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